Description
The Appointment Hour Booking WordPress plugin before 1.5.95 does not check every appointment in a booking submission against the capacity configured for its own slot, allowing unauthenticated visitors to take slots that are already fully booked.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized slot booking
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

A flaw in visitor to submit multiple appointments to a time slot that has already reached its capacity, bypassing the capacity check that the plugin is meant to enforce. This allows an attacker to book unavailable slots, creating overlap and scheduling errors that ultimately vulnerability is a logical error in server‑side validation, not a denial of service but an integral policy violation that affects integrity and availability of the booking resource.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites that use the Appointment Hour Booking plugin version below 1.5.95 are impacted. The plugin vendor is listed simply as Appointment Hour Booking; no other specific vendor names are identified. Users of earlier releases should verify their plugin version and apply any upgrades as soon as possible.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.3 classifies the vulnerability as moderate. 1% indicates a low likelihood of exploitation at present. The vulnerability is not currently in the CISA KEV catalog. Because authentication is not required to submit the booking, the attack vector is internet-facing and can be triggered by any remote host that can reach the site. An attacker would craft a booking request targeting an already full slot, and the server would accept it due to the missing capacity check, resulting in the over‑booking of the slot.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 16, 2026 at 16:13 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade to Appointment Hour Booking 1.5.95 or later
  • Implement a server‑side validation that checks booking request, rejecting requests that would exceed capacity
  • Restrict booking submissions to authenticated users or add CAPTCHA to prevent automated submissions

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 16, 2026 at 16:13 UTC.

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History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Appointment Hour Booking WordPress plugin before 1.5.95 does not check every appointment in a booking submission against the capacity configured for its own slot, allowing unauthenticated visitors to take slots that are already fully booked.
Title Appointment Hour Booking < 1.5.95 - Unauthenticated Booking Capacity Bypass via Multi-Appointment Submission
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T17:37:43.991Z

Reserved: 2026-09-07T15:04:06.392Z

Link: CVE-2026-86475

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T17:37:18.471Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T07:16:37.780

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:25:29.240

Link: CVE-2026-86475

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:15:16Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-20

    Improper Input Validation